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Chiropractic physicians use manipulation for management of problems. I am not terribly well informed on this matter. Perhaps they gave this question to a medical doctor because there are not any Mad Scientist Doctors of Chiropractic. You may want to consult other sources as well. Although chiropractitioners used to restrict themselves to manipulation, there is a group of practitioners known informally as "mixers" who use nutritional theories and may do blood testing for diagnosis. Historically there has been quite a bit of rivalry and suspicion between medical practitioners and chiropracters. This is the American Chiropractic site: http://www.amerchiro.org/ Osteopathic physicians have a training that is quite similar to medical doctors. At one time their practice included quite a bit of manipulative techniques, but my understanding is that the amount of manipulative treatements by osteopathic physicians has decreased in recent decades. David Winsemius, MD
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